So today, The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts (R.S.A.) announced the Adelphi Charter on Creativity, Innovation and Intellectual Property. The charter is basically a set of guidelines for governments of the world to check their Intellectual Property laws against in order to promote, not restrict, “both the sharing of knowledge and the rewarding of innovation”. What is interesting about the announcement, though, is not the charter itself but its proponents. All the usual suspects are there (Cory Doctorow, Lawrence Lessig and Gilberto Gil) but my interest lies in Bronac Ferran of the Arts Council England. Are we finally seeing the Arts Council take a tough stance on the encroachment of strict Intellectual Property law and its effect on creativity? I really hope that the Arts Council are going to be much more proactive in this area and not just start sitting in on all the meetings not saying anything.
It is a shame they made the site in Microsoft’s A.S.P. though.
